St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-20
AT POSTS SIDING CAMP.
Second AdventistS Hold Services
of Unusual Interest,


of Unusual Interest.
At $50 O'Clock yesterday the interests
and needs of the determination, both in
the Minnesota conference and in other
fields, were presented before the people
at the Adventists' camp meeting at
Posts Siding, and in response to calls,
pledges ranging from s. to 800 were
made. Also some cash was paid in,
amounting in all to about 5000. At 9
a. IN. the conference met for the further
transaction of business. A report of
the last meeting was read. Believing
as these people do, that Gods plan for
supporting His cause is the payment Of
one-tenth of the individual increase, land
as many are not faithfully performing
this duty, the matter was discussed
somewhat at the meeting. The presi-
dent stated that if all would do their
duty the income of the conference would
be at least $4,000. The sum
of $4,000 had been paid by
the conference to its laborers
during the past labor year. The COM
mlttee for the nomination of officers re-
ported and recommended as president
of the conference Elder q. G. Tenney,
Minneapolis; executive committee, e.
{. Tenney, Ii. Grant, Lewis Johnson;
secretary of conference, ID. p. Curtis;
treasurer, III. p. HolSer. The committee
on resolutions reported several import
ant resolutions relating to the work in
Minnesota, which were considered sep
arately and after quite lengthy discus
sion were adopted. Preceding the
preaching exercise at 1920 a. IN. the
choir entertained the large audience
with some Well-eXecuted music Regu-
lar service opened with the hymn, sung
by the congregation, -.'Only Thee" A
prayer was offered by Elder Farms
worth, after which Elder Underwood
addressed very large congregation.
In addition to the hundreds encamped
on the ground, many Of the people of
the city and surrounding community
were present. The speaker selected for
his subject the Omitted States in Proph-
ecy." The prophecy where this sub
ject is found is the 18th, 18th and 18TH
chapters of Revelations. Strange as it
appears to many minds it is neverthe-
less true, the speaker said, that our
government is represented by this line
of prophecy. Tracing down several
lines of prophecy and defining their
specifications and locations, and stating
the work which has been performed by
them as taught in history. Finally,
reaching that portion which he consid-
cred as relating to our own country; the
speaker proceeded to explain the object
OF the prophecy with regard to the time
of its rising, its character. wealth, pro-
auctions, internal faci1i ties, Institutions ,
of liberty and education. But what does
this nation propose to do? III rapid I
working order there is now an organiza-
ton known as the 80 -. - ,,-.;.i e-irs
NATIONAL REFORM. :--fs
association. While this organization,
containing many noble, honest cOnSeien-
tiouS Christians, and while they have
incorporated in the constitution of their
sOcietysome very good features, they also
have some, at least, which can only re-
suit in the uproOting of religious liberty. i
Leading out in this work, of what is un-
delStood by them as a work of reform,
are many who standvery high in the
great political, educational and religious
circles of our land. To-day. they are
uniting their influence in soliciting aid
from the various church organizations.
and there are being held conventions
and associations, backed up by the
wealth and power of the great Protestant
element of the nation. And what is the
av0wed object of this movement? 1t is
to place upon legal basis in the oonsti-
tuition of the United States certain re-
ligious institutions. To-day the various
church organizations are laying down
the points of division and are uniting in
this great movement. The great differ
enceS which once existed as a barrier
between the Protestant and Catholic
church are being bridged over,
and they, too. are coming to-
gether and uniting their forces in
furthering the interest of this move
ment. Already the state of Illinois. in
its last legislative assembly, has so
changed its constitution as to require
the observance of the Sunday as the
Sabbath, with no provision of exemption
for those who observe the seventh day.
Even in our beloved state of Minnesota.
at the last session of the legislature.
bill was introduced having in view the
same object, and it was by an effort on
the part of the friends of liberty and
justice that this result was averted.
In the afternoon the people were
called together to listen to discourse
by Elder FarnswOrth. The elder sup
plemented his discourse by saying that
the presence of those from the city and /
elsewhere who are not of the faith of
this people, led him to suppose that they
wished to learn something of the faith
of this people which distinguishes them
from Christians of other denominations.
There are, said he, two great bodies of
day of the week, and the other the
seventh day. AS to the time of the
coming of Christ, no where in the Bible
has any definate date been fixed for that
event. The practice of time-setting has
been a cause of disgrace to the
cause of God. But you ask,
kind friends, why this people
OBSERVE THE SEVENTH DAY.
1t is not that we as people love to be
odd. 1t is not because they love dis
union that they do this. Union is a
priceless gem. There is no greater, ex-
cept truth, and for the sake of this let
us bid farewell to all the creeds under
heaven. Upon al the rest of the deca-
lOgue all Christians are agreed. No one
claims that a person can live a Christian
and violate either one of the other nine
precepts of the decalogue. | ask, how
can man live Christian and trans
greSS the fourth commandments? The
same God gave them all. The Savior
said the Sabbath was made for man. If
it was made there was time when,
place where and a manner in which it
was made. We turn to the record and
find in the second chapter of the Bible
that God first rested, second He blessed
and third He Sanctified the seventh day,
and these three acts were those BY
which God made the Sabbath Some
say the Sabbath is Jewish. I ask, was
Adam Jew? Was the marriage
institution Jewish? Just as much
so as the Sabbath, for
both of them are of Edenic origin.
just as logical would it be to call the
Sabbath a Dutch Sabbath, Norwegian
Sabbath or a French Sabbath. An ed
itor not long since wrote of the Ameri--
can Sabbath. When came to mediate
upon his subject turned to the COM
mandment, read that the Sabbath is the
Sabbath of the Lord, thy God. Why?
Because in six days the Lord made
heaven and earth. Now, kind friend, if